AGirlWithACoupe
09-16-2002, 11:02 AM
Buzz Aldrin Accused of Assaulting Moonwalk Skeptic
The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the Beverly Hills police are investigating a complaint that Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin struck a man Monday after the alleged victim asked Aldrin to swear on a Bible that he had been to the moon.
Detectives told the newspaper that they responded to a disturbance Monday at the Luxe Hotel on Rodeo Drive and took a report from one Bart Sibrel, 37.
Sibrel, who told police he doesn't believe Aldrin, or anyone else for that matter, walked on the moon, said he was hit in the face by the 72-year-old astronaut. Aldrin, who took part in the 1969 lunar mission, left the scene before police arrived, Beverly Hills Police Lt. Joe Lombardi told the Times.
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The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the Beverly Hills police are investigating a complaint that Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin struck a man Monday after the alleged victim asked Aldrin to swear on a Bible that he had been to the moon.
Detectives told the newspaper that they responded to a disturbance Monday at the Luxe Hotel on Rodeo Drive and took a report from one Bart Sibrel, 37.
Sibrel, who told police he doesn't believe Aldrin, or anyone else for that matter, walked on the moon, said he was hit in the face by the 72-year-old astronaut. Aldrin, who took part in the 1969 lunar mission, left the scene before police arrived, Beverly Hills Police Lt. Joe Lombardi told the Times.
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